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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Waste Of National Resources Is It?

To those who says that maintaining a standing force of security units is a waste of time as they would only be sitting on their butt, only good for Merdeka Parades and who are they going to war with et cetera et cetera may not realise that these security personnel and the rescue units like Bomba and JPAM are the ones who are risking their necks each year during natural calamities to save the rakyat.

But I bet these people will keep on saying their mantra that the nation do not need armed forces bla bla bla! If you are interested, you can click on this link " Operasi Murni 2013 - ATM dan Rakyat berpisah tiada" for a true picture of what they are doing now.

A member of the rescue team helping flood victims at Kampung Pogoh 2 to evacuate in Segamat on Wednesday. Source ; The Star.

Relief effort: A Royal Malaysian Air Force helicopter delivering aid to flood victims in Kuantan.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Army has sent in troops to help flood relief efforts in Pahang, Terengganu and Johor.

The relief operation, named Ops Murni, was announced at 4.50pm on
Tuesday, and assets and troops were sent to flood-hit zones on
Wednesday.

A statement from the Defence Ministry said 190 soldiers from twelve
Royal Malay Regiments (Mechanised), one Royal Armoured Corp, as well as
35 Special Forces personnel have been sent to Pahang.

Helping hand: Army personnel helping to evacuate victims who were
stranded during the flooding in Kampung Sungai Isap in Kuantan.Source : The Star

Evacuation efforts are being undertaken in the districts of Kuantan,
Maran, Pekan, Rompin dan Jerantut with 16 boats, 16 three-tonne trucks
and four Land Rovers.

Six seven-tonne trucks were also ordered there, with two others sent to Terengganu.

In Johor, 32 soldiers from a Royal Ranger Regiment with two boats,
two three-tonne trucks and two seven-tonne trucks were sent to assist
with evacuation in Batu Pahat, Muar, Kota Tinggi, Kluang, Segamat dan
Mersing.

The statement also said the Kuantan air base has been assisting the
National Security Council to monitor seven flood relief centres since
Monday.

"A Nuri helicopter from the Search and Rescue Squadron rescued four
flood victims and sent them to the relief centre at SMK Paya Besar,"
said the statement.

So far, an estimated 20,378 evacuees have been placed in 164 relief centres.

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